asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will seek to make compulsory the introduction of controls at all gatherings in Scotland in order to ensure the safe handling of crowds of people; and if he will assist financially those organisations which, owing to lack of money, may find it difficult to adopt his measures.

The fact that the right hon. Gentleman has no proposals to meet my proposition is no excuse for his doing nothing about it. Does he realise that this is an important problem? Will he have another thought about it and realise that it is necessary to do something about it?